Experimental Design Quiz

What experimental design might use counterbalancing?

• Independent Groups

• Matched Pairs

• Lab Experiment

• Repeated Measures

A sampling technique where every ‘nth’ participant is selected.

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Random

• Opportunity

Which of the following is not a key feature of science?

• Falsifiability

• Replicability

• Reliability

• Objectivity

Which of the following is true about a quasi experiment?

• The IV is naturally occurring and related to participant variables

• The setting is naturally occurring but the IV is manipulated

• The setting is controlled and the IV is manipulated

• There is no IV

What looks like a bell-shaped curve?

• Positive distribution

• Right-skewed

• Normal distribution

• Centrally-skewed

Which of the following uses all data in a study?

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Range

Which section comes first in a scientific report?

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Results

• Method

When a researcher measures what they intended to

• Concurrent validity

• Face validity

• Internal validity

• Population validity

What is the minimum correlation accepted when establishing reliability?

• +0.8

• +0.7

• +0.6

• +0.5

Which matches a type 1 error?

• False Positive

• False Negative

• True Positive

• True Negative